The price of privilege
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Canadian private schools are enjoying an enrollment boom in the 1990s, with many of the students coming from middle-class families, where support for public schools was once an article of faith. Private schools offer very good faculty-student ratios, but the social and academic pressures can be strong.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
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Daring to succeed
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The University of Waterloo is ranked as the top comprehensive university in Canada. Waterloo traditionally has been a university that is not afraid to be different. The school advocates a hands-on approach by its students.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1992
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Against the grain: Noam Chomsky condemns Washington's ways
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Noam Chomsky decries the media practice of presenting the government's views of foreign policy. The movie 'Manufacturing Consent' depicts the manipulation of people by the media, and is based on the book of the same name.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1993
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